adhaigh

Classical Gaelic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish adaig. See Irish oíche and Scottish Gaelic oidhche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaðəʝ/

Noun

adhaigh f (genitive singular oidhche, nominative plural oidhche)

1. night

Declension

adhaigh, f., IGT ii §93, ī-stem
Case/Number	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	an adhaigh	dá oidhche	na hoidhche
Vocative	a adhaigh	N/A	a oidhche
Accusative	gan an oidhche	gan dá oidhche	gan na hoidhche
Genitive	na hoidhche	dá oidhche	na n-oidhcheadh*
Dative	don oidhche	do dhá oidhche	dona hoidhchibh
† non-bardic form (condemned in the tracts as lochtach) ‡ anomalous form (canamhain) * extended plural (iollradh ard)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adaig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Osborn Bergin (1916) “Irish Grammatical Tracts (Introductory)”, in Ériu, volume 8, Supplement, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →JSTOR, §53, page 15
• Osborn Bergin (1926) “Irish Grammatical Tracts II (Declension, c)”, in Ériu, volume 10, Supplement, Royal Irish Academy, →DOI, →JSTOR, §93, page 126
• Damian McManus (1994) “An Nua-Ghaeilge Chlasaiceach”, in K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors, Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, §4.15, page 374